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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They get left in a bouncer or swing crying.[/quote]

I worked in daycares during college. This is true. The workers get frustrated a lot quicker than parents do. Once a baby cried so much and so often that the parents were asked to find another daycare. It was really horrible being in the room listening to crying all day long. I'm sure it was stressful for the cranky baby and all the other babies. [/quote]

Hate to agree with this, but it's absolutely true.  Of course when parents are in and out you won't see babies alone and crying.  But it happens.  No one is going to hold your baby all day long no matter what the day care tells you.  You do the best you can to comfort a crying baby, but you can't ignore the needs of the other kids for one difficult baby.  At the end of the day if all the babies are fed, changed, and safe, it's a good day in an infant room.[/quote]

+1  That's a pretty accurate description.

And, honestly, it's okay.  Like the PP said, if all the babies are fed/changed/safe, isn't that what you use daycare for?  In MoCo, there's a ratio of 2 adults for 6 infants.  It is impossible for a baby to be held all day.  But, the babies all end up fine anyway.  [/quote]

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